PACKING FOR WINTER
I've experienced winter twice. And I think, Beijing has the coldest winter ever. The lowest temperature recorded was -18° C. Masa tu dekat Tiananmen Square. Ya Allah, sejuknya. Memang tak tahan so I had to run, to keep warm. Mesti orang ingat gila sebab lari-lari dekat Tiananmen. Hahaha. Sejukkk! Tak boleh nak ingat sejuknya macam mana. But one thing I remember, air mata, air hidung, semua keluar. Hahaha.
First time experienced winter, so lesson learned. You have to dress for the weather!  Rule of thumb, make sure you look good. But also, stay warm! Hehehe. Ni yang paling terpenting sekali ok. STAY WARM. My relatives selalu tanya kenapa suka sangat pergi time winter. Well, winter can be a suitable time to travel. There are often less tourist around. And the most important reason, time ni lah the whole family free. My sister and my brother dekat uni, so cuti semester selalunya bulan January, and June, and September. June tu kalau Kak Long dia amek cuti, memang kena lahar dengan all the bosses la tak pun nak senang kena hantar resignation letter. Hahaha. Sebab time tu memang super duper busy! Pergi toilet pun tak sempat kekdahnya. September pulak, baru lepas raya. So, kenot. January je la sokmo-sokmonya pun. Kesian my mom, kena jugak apply leave. Guru besar dia hangen je. Ye lah, baru habis cuti panjang kan, ni dah nak mintak cuti lagi. Hahaha. Pejam mata je la apply leave ok. Janji kita dapat berjalan! Hehe. Memandangkan ada orang suruh blog a winter packing list, so here we go. Tengah nak packing-packing ni kan, kita snap-snap sekali harung. Hehe. So, basically apa nak bawak time winter adalah;    WINTER JACKETKalau boleh, at least 1 heavy jacket. Snow and heavy winds are no joke man. Tak kesah la nak bubble jacket ke atau normal winter jacket. I normally prefer normal winter jacket je sebab kalau pakai bubble jacket, takut nampak gems! Hehe. But rasanya bubble jacket ni memang suitable for men.  Lukman and his bubble jacket. Hehe.  Diyana and her normal winter jacket! Hehe. 
Semuanya pun made in China. Keke. Sukaaa sangat pergi holiday dengan family sebab duk tengok gelagat adik-adik. Hahaha. Semua koya ok! My favorite winter jacket kan, yang blue colour tu. So warm. Bought in Beijing for just RM80 kot. Kalau tak silap. Super damn cheap. You can't get that price in Malaysia.
 THERMAL / LONG JOHN
Dressing in layers is important to keep you warm. So sebabtu lah, before sarung jacket, ada banyak lagi yang kena sarung dulu. Hehehe. Ni pun beli kat Beijing. Rega? RM19. Murah kan uols. Semalam I went to Uniqlo Setia City Mall, harga thermal ni RM59.90! Pengsan. Tapi sedap pakai dia. Sebab tight kot. So angin tak masuk.
 Women's Heattech Line Up @UNIQLO And this is pretty standard winter pallette for me. A MUST HAVE. Kena ada. Kalau takde, sila beli. Yang murah sikit, ada dekat Shah Alam. SACC Mall Shah Alam. RM40. Apa entah nama kedai tu, Going Places kot. Rasanya Universal Traveler pun around that price. I'm not sure. Kena check.  KNITTED TOPS It's time to get cosy. The fact that knits don't need ironing, I love them even more. So colourful and so pretty. Hehe. Ni kalau bukan winter, boleh terus sarung je. Tunggu pergi Japan nanti. Tapi sebabkan winter kan, so it can be your mid layer instead. Lepastu pakai jacket kaler lain pulak. Colour blocking la uols. Apa lagi. Hahaha. Macam Lisa Surihani pakai dalam Istanbul Aku Datang. Sangat colour block ok.   Again, made in China. Hahaha. RM15. Sekarang ni kalau pergi H&M, baju kat sana mostly knitted tops ni. Price range between RM49 - RM100. So many colours you can choose. Ada berkenan colour emerald, but then, rasa membazir. Sebab dah ada banyak. Tapi banyak-banyak ni semua pun, we all share anak-beranak. My mom, my sister and myself. Hahaha. Semua satu saiz, senang.  MUFFLER / SCARFScarf can serve both practical and fashionable accessories. Wearing scarf to look stylish and sometimes, it can cover your head well. Winter kan selalu gloomy je. All white. So I think it's ok to use a bit of colour in your accessories.  GLOVES / MITTENSSome winter accessories are made to look good. Haha. Ni salah satu winter accessories la ni. I just bought the green colour mitten yesterday. Hehehe. Dekat H&M. RM10 je uols. Take it take it. Yang kaler shocking pink tu, I bought in Daiso last year! Hahaha. Ni lagi murah RM5. Semua barang kat kedai Daiso tu kan RM5 je. Rambang mata masuk sana.  PAIRS OF SOCKSTry to get socks made for freezing temperatures. Because, you'll go outside a lot. Wool socks better. I'm a big fan of wool for its warmth. The human foot needs extra attention during winter. Sebab tu dressing your lower body pun important. Kalau kaki sejuk, how nak jalan? You tell me. And have a number of socks ok. Hahaha. Sebab dekat kaki kan, faham-faham sendiri. Hehe. Normally I bawak 4 pairs of socks and I tukar my socks everyday. Malam dah balik jalan-jalan terus basuh. And I have this habit yang suka rendam kaki dalam air panas. Hahaha. Time travel je lah buat pun.  BOOTS Hehe. Banyak pulak boots nye kat sini. My sister punya pun ada sekali. Sama size kan. Senang, sharing is caring. My favorite boots takde kat sini, dah pecah. Hahaha. Ganas khen. Rosak when I was in London. So sebab tu lah kena beli boots baru. And masa tu terfikir, I need to buy boots yang jenis Phu Chu Kang tu sebab kalau kena air tak lah rosak! Hahaha. So pergi Korea ni, I'll bring that Phu Chu Kang boots, atau senang cerita, boots pergi pasar tu. Hehehe.  A big NO for winter. Airport fashion boleh. Hahaha. Love the colour. Electric blue.  EAR MUFFSAccessories. Takde pun takpe. Kalau nak beli, kat DAISO. Macam-macam colour ada and it costs you RM5. Tapi kalau ada macam best jugak. Hahaha. Kali ni sebab pergi dengan family, so I bagi my sister pakai la. She's younger than me kan. Takkan kakak pulak nak over! Hihi.  BEANIE? Ni beanie my abah's version. Hahahahaha. Dia beli kat Beijing entah masa bila. Tengok-tengok dah pakai. My mom muncung je sebabnya macam tah pape. Hahahaha. My dad kata, baru la macam orang Mongolia pakai benda ni. Motip. We all pergi Beijing, dia nak jadik orang Mongolia pulak. Tsk tsk tsk.  My daddy with his so-called beanie. Hahaha.  LIP GLOSS & LOTIONLast but not least, lip gloss and lotion. Always in my hand bag. Ada tak agak-agaknya lip gloss that can give a feel of a lipstick? A little bit of a shine as well as of gloss. I don't go out without lipstick anyway. Hehehe. And lotion too. Tapi kalau jenis yang tak pakai lotion pun, time winter kena pakai kot. Sebab nya cold weather causes hands to dry out. So better pakai la. That's all. I'm ready to go now. Packing done. Hehehe padahal lambat lagi nak pergi ni. Excited! Maksim Mrvica - Amazonic Good night and sleep tight. Labels: Beijing, China, Korea, Random, Travel 
ADA APA DENGAN... GANGNAM? K-pop is everywhere and thanks to PSY, a chubby dancing rapper, Gangnam has been put on a global spotlight. The music video of Oppa Gangnam Style is now among the most viewed clip on YouTube in history. PSY : Oppa Gangnam Style Ahh PSY. His appearance is far from the typical K-pop boyband with slim but nice figure and good looking faces (read: jambu  Picture googled So ada apa dengan Gangnam ni? The whole world is talking about Gangnam and wondering where or what it could possibly be. Well, I don't know much about Gangnam but I have been to Gangnam in 2010 and something happened! Apa benda yang jadi tu? Hehe. Meh sini akak nak cite.   DUNKIN DONUTS @GANGNAM, SOUTH KOREA |April 2010 Hmm tapi where do I start? I keep hearing Gangnam style EVERYWHERE. Gangnam ke hulu, Gangnam ke hilir kaedahnya. Haha. Tapi since dulu our hotel memang right in the middle of the Gangnam district, so our tour guide ada lah explain pasal Gangnam ni. Nak tengok muka tour guide tu? Ni hah dia;  Mr. Park Yong Ki @Jeju Island
Awww, I still remember his name correctly! Mr. Park. Dia ni selalu berangan konon-konon dia adalah Park Ji Sung. Just because they have the same first name, it doesn't mean that they are related. Hehe. Kan?
So kenal ke siapa Park Ji Sung ni? Ok heols bukan pelakon mahupun retis K-pop. But, he is a footballer. He plays for English Club, Queens Park Rangers (QPR), Air Asia hahaha. And again, my trivia knowledge pretty much stops here. Hehe.
 Picture googled Mr. Park ni cakap, Gangnam actually refers to the classiest district of Seoul in South Korea. Korean Beverly Hills katanya and lebih kurang macam area Bukit Bintang kita. Ye meh? Tak sama pun. Haha. I wonder if he has ever been to Bukit Bintang. Mr. Park ni boleh cakap melayu. Shikit-shikit la. Tak banyak pun. Basic sajork. Macam iols. I can speak basic hangul (korean)! Hahahah. :p. Perasan. Gangnam ni kalau translate literally, it means to south of the water / river. So kalau from Gangnam nak ke Seoul, memang kena naik jambatan melalui sungai Han. Hari-hari lalu ok naik bas, maunya tak ingat kan. Hehe.  Picture googled So, haritu we stayed at YeokSam Human Touch Ville. Yeoksam ni memang dekat Gangnam. And this area is lined with the most expensive restaurants, cafes, clubs and even pharmacies stay open 24/7.  Yeoksam Human Touch Ville (picture googled) But let's be clear. It is NOT a hotel. This is like a suite residence with 4-star hotel services. You can get a room with completely furnished kitchen, bedroom and living room.   
So the kitchen has a four burner gas stove, dish washer, oven, rice cooker, microwave, tea, kettle, washer, dryer etc. There's a washing machine. And the powder for the washing machine is free. But you have to call the reception for it. Hehe malam-malam after dah puas merayap memang guna washing machine ni basuh baju. Hahaha. Dia jenis yang basuh terus kering siap ok. Senang!
Fridge dia quite large kan. Berguna jugak la fridge ni simpan all the fruits. Strawberries la, tangerine la. The best tangerine ever ada dekat Jejudo sana. Masam masam manis. Sedap. Dekat Seoul pun tak rasa sedap macam ni. Sambil makan tangerine sambil tengok laut dekat Jejudo. Perfect happiness, bliss!
Bathroom shower combo bath tub. Bath tub dia ada jacuzzi. Ehem. Haha. Bestnya berendam dalam jacuzzi ni. I memang suka sangat-sangatla tidur kat hotel. Katil yang empuk, aircond yang sejuk, bathroom yang best! Hahaha. Tapi itulah, kalau pergi mana-mana tak kisah pun pasal tempat tidur ni sebabnya bukan duduk bilik selalu. But I so love staying in a hotel. Ni for New Year Eve ada la book satu hotel dekat Putrajaya. Booking confirmed, room reserved tapinya tak sure lagi jadi ke tak. Sebab might probably ada sorang ni tak boleh join pulak. We'll see how.
 Ok, big advantage, yes LOCATION. Yeoksam station (subway line #2) is within 8 minutes walking distance. And Apgujeong is just next door. We even ate ice-cream in one of the K-pop celebrities cafe located in Apgujeong. Hahahaha gila kan. Well, I'm not a fan of K-pop semua ni. Jambu sangat la uols. Tapi a friend of mine, she's a big fan of DBSK (K-pop group), and dia nak makan ice cream kat sini. Keke. Untung sabut, timbul. Untung batu tenggelam. Betul ke peribahasa ni. Hehehe. Mana tahu kot-kot jumpa owner cafe tu kan. Retis ok. Maunya melompat dia kat situ. Haha. Layankan je lah. So all top night hot spots are right away on the block. Neighborhood is kind of lavish place with lots of top rated facilities, brand stores, fashion authorities and of course, cars. You can get even dozen of Ferraris by night or Lambos or Porsches and macam-macamlah. Korean Beverly Hills like locals named it. True as it is. CERITA #1 : MASALAH TIDUR DI GANGNAM  So dalam 3am in the morning, baru rasa mengantuk. And confession time. I have this one problem; I can't sleep alone. Penakut hantu sangat. Sobs. I consider my inability to sleep alone one of my greatest weaknesses. Entahlah tak tahu nak cakap macam mana. Sedangkan, takde la alone sangat. Eyda tu dah selamat tidur dekat katil sebelah. But, my bed tu ha sebelah tingkap. And katil tu single bed! So kiranya memang sleep alone lah kan? Haha. Masa ni otak dah terbayang bukan-bukan. Sebab time ni dekat Korea, I terbayang hantu Juon! Hahahahaha. My gosh. Mata dah mula tengok bawah katil. Kot-kot la ada si Juon ni merangkak keluar khen. Me and my imagination hahaha. I pergi tingkap and tutup rapat-rapat sambil pejam mata. Takut nak tengok kat luar. Haha. Lampu semua kena pasang ok sebab memang takut gelap kalau sorang-sorang je yang terjaga. Tsk. I'm simply too afraid to be by myself. I still can't sleep alone though. Kadang-kadang I also shared a bed with my little brother. Ni kalau sorang-sorang still tak tidur la. Sebab my brothers selalu tidur lambat layan bola la x-box la. So if I dengar depa duk main-main lagi kat luar, I can sleep in my room, peacefully. Kejadian takut tidur ni kalau dah senyap sunyi sepi kosong, then I'm too afraid to sleep alone even in my room! Sometimes I even go sleep with my mom. Oh god I'm too old for that but it's a serious matter, I'm not able to sleep on my own at 26! So it was cold outside. Early spring masa tu and temperature dalam -5°. Tapi I experiencing night sweats. Berpeluh-peluh. Haha. Takut punya pasal la ni. Nak tidur sebelah Eyda, dia dah conquer 1 bed. Dia tidur tengah-tengah katil uols! Sobs. Try kejutkan dia few times, tapi penat punya pasal kan, dia tidur mati! So how? Lepas penat kejutkan tak bangun-bangun, I have to think something very quick. Esok kena bangun pagi nak join tour, so nak tak nak, kena tidur jugak. So I tolakkkkkkkkkkkk dia ketepi. Hahahaha. Tolak banyak kali jugak la sebab tak bergerak. Tapi dia still tak sedar langsung! Hehe. Memang tidur mati sungguh. Keke.  Eyda & I @Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) "Eh, macam mana you boleh tidur kat sebelah I?" "I tolak you!! Hahahaha" So that is one of the reasons, I can't travel alone. Lagi-lagi kalau tidur hostel, nak pergi toilet, toilet kat luar uols! Hahaha. Sadis nak kejut siapa mintak tolong temankan. Hmmm. So bukanlah sebab tak boleh travel sorang sebab takde orang nak ambik kan gambar. Hehehe. Ini pun ye jugak la tak dinafikan. Tapi main reason sebab masalah tidur ni lah. And satu lagi sebab, I ni suka berborak. Hehe. And rasa sangat selamat bila ada orang lain sekali. So semua problems and moments boleh share. Sharing is caring kan. Berdua lebih baik. Tak kesahlah travel solo, berdua, bertiga ataupun bercik kiah ber group bagai, asalkan kita semua happy dan selesa, itu dah memadai. Dok gitu? Bak kata Awi Rafael, "Janji Aku OK". Hehe. CERITA #2 : NOM ICE CREAM @GANGNAM  Timeout Gelato
It is located somewhere in Apgujeong. Hari tu we went to Timeout Gelato by taxi. Senang! Kesahnya kalau pergi dengan agent kan time sangat limited. Malam je boleh free and easy. So, nak senang guna taxi je lah. Bagi address dekat ahjushi driver taxi tu and tadaaa, sampai. But if you want to go and try the gelato owned by the celebrity, Mickey Yoochun by subway; then the keywords; Apgujeong line #3.
How to get there;
Take line #3 and get off at Apgujeong station. Then go out at exit #5. Walk straight until you see "Real Clinic Group". Turn left at the corner and you will see Timeout Gelato Bars.Masa sampai tu, there were already Japanese Yoochun fans. Rasanya lah Yoochun fans, kalau tak takkan ada kat kedai ice-cream ni ye tak. And I'm sure they thought I was a fan too!  
Lebih kurang macam Baskin Robbins je kan. Ok I love the gelato here. Putting aside the fact that it's a celebrity owned place, the gelato is actually freaking fantastic. Hehe. Suka sungguh la makan ice-cream iols ni! Hayoh. Jangan tak tahu I antara orang yang gigih beratur setiap kali 31 hari bulan sebab time ni Baskin Robbins bagi 31% discount hahahaha. Orang sikit punya ramai tapi sebab nak murah, beratur je lah.
And if you google Timeout Gelato ni, dia ada jugak dekat Thailand sebab this franchise is originally from Thailand. So I spotted more than 20 unique flavors here. Of course I only get to try 2 at a time, or 6 if I taste my friend's cup too! Hehe.
Yang ni regular cup with two flavors. Cost dalam 4,500KRW. Dalam RM13 per cup. Tapi sebab share so divide by 2. Sorang bayar RM6.50 je lah. Hehe. Ok la kot kan. Tak mahal sgt. Ke mahal? Entah la. Susah kalau semua benda pun nak convert tapi teringin nak rasa. Hehe.
Dah alang-alang sampai sini , we asked the staff which one of the flavors is Yoochun's favorite. Hahaha. So Yoochun's favorite flavor is Green Apple Yoghurt. Of course we had to try that flavor kan. Nak tahu sedap sangat ke. Apparently, I personally prefer chocolates and caramel flavors. So now let's see how much evidence is that this place is owned by a celebrity. 
Itulah dia Mickey Yoochun. Nama pun. Mickey??? Hahahaha. So jambu is itttt? Retis Korea yang lelaki memang jambu-jambu belaka. Sepesen pun ye jugak.
 
This place has been in business since 2009 so it makes sense that they've opened a separate business for merchandise. Boleh la nak beli T-shirts and pins and badges. My friend beli pin Mickey mouse tu. Harga mahal lagi dari ice-cream! Haha. 6,400KRW. Tapi sebab dia dah minat kan. Kena la beli. Itu bukti ok dia dah sampai sini. Hehehe.
 Hahahahha. Ada tempat untuk tulis nota cinta pulak dah. So apa lagi. Letak je la something kat sini. I bet dia memang tak baca pun. Entah-entah bila dah banyak sangat, dia buang je kertas ni. Hehe. But we had fun.  Probably I wouldn’t come here again unless I was in a gelato mood and in the area. But of course it’s worth a visit even if you’re not a fan. For the gelato. The displays of love and affection from fans. And people watching. I mean to see some of the peoples’ reactions (squeeling, screaming, giggling, iPhoning) is just funny. Hehe. Dekat Apgujeong ni jugak, a lot of people spending fortunes for beauty's sake. It is a long stretch of plastic surgery clinics that can do whatever transformation you desire for your body. People go here to have a prior surgery looks more natural. So no wonder lah muka orang Korea yang dah go under the knife ni memang sepesen. Semua buat dekat Apgujeong rupanya. CERITA #3 : RANDOM HUG IN PUBLIC 
Kadang-kadang, bila travel benda-benda macam ni tak terjangka. Few times dah kena. Even dekat Paris baru-baru ni pun. And dekat Paris ni paling teruk sebab I got molested. Memang semua benda pun terjadi dengan cepat. Tak sempat nak elak, tak sempat nak buat apa-apa. Mungkin sebab all girls. Entahlah.
So yang dekat Korea ni, he randomly hugged me, TWICE! Cerita dia macam ni;
My feet started hurting so much, and masa tu dah malam. 10pm or 11pm I can't even remember. So I told my friends kalau jumpa kedai kasut kena singgah kejap sebab Eyda and I need to buy another shoes. Dua-dua orang ni koya, pakai wedges berjalan. Kan dah sakit kaki! Hahahah. So padanlah muka kan.
Lepas dah nak sampai area hotel dekat Gangnam, suddenly ada la kedai kasut ni. Kecik je kedai dia. Tapi banyak pilihan. But harus diingat, kalau nak beli kasut ni kena tengok-tengok jugak, banyak yang pig skin lining. Tengok ada tanda 3 dots tu confirm lah tuh pig skin.
So sambil perhatikan kasut dekat dalam kedai ni, rasa was-was pulak nak beli ke tak. Bila dah jatuh hukum was-was tu, memang tak boleh dah la kan. Tapi, kaki still sakit teramat sangat ni. Jadinya, takpelah, beli slipper shoes je lah. Hahaha. Nak tengok slipper macam mana iols beli? Very the stylo okeh. LV lagi. Uols mampoo? Hahahaha. Ni hah dia;
Hahahahahhaaha. Nasib baik la ni dah last day kat Korea sana. Kalau kena pakai macam ni for 8 days memang pengsan. Fashion jenis apakah macam tu? Kekekeke. So RM44.14 lah harga nya kalau convert. Hehe. Biasa lah iols ni memang main dengan number everyday. Semua benda pun kena accurate. Hehehe.
Yang buat kena peluk tu, sebab nya nak murah. Nak discount! So berayam itik cakap Korea dengan orang kedai ni ha. Hahaha. And, mungkin la, mungkin orang kedai ni cakap, dia ni nak cakap Korea tapi ke laut sangat. Tapi memang I did try my very best uols. So pong pang pong pang masa I tgh cakap tu, tiba-tiba he hugged me. Bukan hug yang biasa-biasa tu but he pulled me very close. Very tight hug. Terus terdiam and terkejut kejap. And I jerit; OH MY GODDDDD!!!!!! Lepastu dia lepaskan. And he smiled. And dia cakap; "Oh my god, boraguyo?" (What oh my god?) Then he hugged me again. Kali ni lagi lama. Ishhhhhhh! Memang my friends yang lain dah keluar dari kedai tu. Tak nak jadi mangsa yang seterusnya katanya. Sobs. Memang bernasib malang sungguh. So lepastu I just paid. Haha. Pandai oppa kedai ni buat customers dia diam dari mintak discount kan. Elok je keluar from kedai tu, my friends dah terkekek-kekek gelak. So depa tanya best ke tak. Hahahha motippp? Benci. I called my parents and they were laughing! Sobs. Ataupun mungkin ni lifestyle Korean but why me? Masalahnya oppa tu tak handsome pun. Hahaha. So that's my story in Gangnam. Hehe. Kadang-kadang bila teringat balik, memang boleh tersenyum sendiri. Memories are forever, aren't they? :) Labels: Hotel Review, Korea, Korea 2010, Timeout Gelato, Travel
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